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The State and Future of Food On-Demand with Max Mullen, Mike Duboe, and Brandon Hill Nov 22, 2020

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Brandon Hill (@IamBrandonHill), CEO of Vori, Max Mullen (@Max), co-founder of Instacart, and Mike Duboe (@mduboe), GP at Greylock, join Erik on this episode to discuss:
- What led Brandon to start Vori.
- Why Max and Mike were excited to invest in the company.
- How the grocery space currently operates and the antiquated technology currently in use.
- How the space has evolved over time and the history of the supermarket.
- How it will change and evolve in the future.
- Why on-demand startups didn’t work out the way people thought they would.
- Doing things that don’t scale.
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Reid Hoffman and Chamath Palihapitiya on Angel Investing and The Future of Venture Nov 19, 2020

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Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath), CEO of Social Capital, and Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman), partner at Greylock, joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha at a special Village Global event.
Angel Island brought together 100+ angel investors for talks from world-class investors, discussions, and opportunities to make new connections.
In this session they discussed:
- What is broken about venture and how to fix it.
- Why Reid is backing new experiments in venture.
- Their thoughts on the solo GP phenomenon.
- How to think about risk when evaluating an investment.
- Whether they're long or short Silicon Valley.
- Why SPACs are here to stay.
- How to think about diversification in an angel portfolio.
- The state of pricing across different rounds.
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Common Early-Stage Scaling Mistakes and How To Avoid Them with Ty Walrod Nov 17, 2020

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Ty Walrod (@tywalrod), two-time founder and program director of On Deck Scale, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The On Deck Scale program, how it works, and how it can help founders scale.
- Common reasons that founders get tripped up when hiring.
- Advice for delegating and decision-making in a fast-growing company.
- Thoughts on growth, go-to-market, and product-market fit.
- Advice for fundraising and why a founder should “believe the no, but not the why.”
- Why co-founder relationships end up breaking down.
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Keith Rabois’s Advice For Angel Investors Nov 15, 2020

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Keith Rabois (@rabois), partner at Founders Fund, joins Erik on this episode. It was recorded as part of an On Deck event. They discuss:
- How he would compare the state of angel investing when he was getting started years ago to angel investing today.
- His learnings about building a better filter for whether to take a meeting or not, and what he looks for in a person’s LinkedIn profile.
- Portfolio allocation and how much to allocate to angel investing.
- What differentiates people who are an executive and angel versus those who are full-time VCs.
- Whether he plans to invest in crypto.
- Thoughts on pricing and the differences in pricing considerations between angels and VCs.
- How he uses Twitter.
- Trends he sees and ideas he’s exploring.
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Unbundling Investment Management with Alex Robinson of Juniper Square Nov 12, 2020

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Alex Robinson (@arobinsontweets), co-founder and CEO of Juniper Square (@juniper_square), joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- The experience that led him to create Juniper Square and the vision for the company.
- How he navigated the idea maze.
- How investment management will change in the future.
- The vision for unbundling investment management.
- How COVID changed the market and why he thinks the move to remote work is overstated.
- What’s next for the company.
- Where he would be investing if he was running a fund and his requests for startups.
- The company-building principle they implemented that transformed the company.
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Getting an Early-Stage Startup Job with Anthony Nardini Nov 10, 2020

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Anthony Nardini of the On Deck Team joins Erik to discuss:
- The OD50 Fellowship, what it will be like, and who should go through it.
- Why people don’t leave their existing jobs.
- The advice he gives for people trying to pivot into tech.
- The dimensions of job suitability.
- How to know when it’s the right time to leave a job.
- Whether to start your own thing or find a new job.
- His advice for job-seekers.
- The tools that he wants to exist for job-seekers.
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The State of Healthcare in 2020 with Nikhil Krishnan Nov 08, 2020

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Nikhil Krishnan (@nikillinit), founder of Out of Pocket, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- How employer-based healthcare came to be and how it might change.
- Comparisons of the US healthcare system to other countries.
- His investing thesis in the space and areas he’s bullish on.
- The dynamics of hospitals.
- Thoughts on randomized controlled trials.
- The excitement around digital therapeutics.
- EMRs and their adoption by patients during COVID.
- The state of telemedicine and what the future might hold for it.
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SaaS Growth, Product Management, Retention, Flywheels: Behind the Paywall with Lenny Rachitsky Nov 05, 2020

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Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan), creator of Lenny’s Newsletter and a former PM at Airbnb, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- The best bottom-up SaaS metrics to track and why these companies are so sought-after right now.
- What separates great bottom-up strategies from the rest.
- How to think about when to hire your first PM.
- How to increase retention.
- How to think about strategy.
- How to increase your conversion rate.
- How to evaluate marketplaces.
- How to create effective flywheels.
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All Things Communities with Jacob Peters Nov 03, 2020

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Jacob Peters (@J__Cub), co-founder of Commsor, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- What makes a great community.
- The difference between a community and a network.
- How to get a community off the ground.
- Phases of communities and how to scale them.
- How companies can build community.
- How to think about monetization of a community.
- His investing thesis around communities and his requests for startups.
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Counteracting Climate Change with Carbon Removal with Nan Ransohoff and Ryan Orbuch of Stripe Nov 01, 2020

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Nan Ransohoff (@nanransohoff) and Ryan Orbuch (@orbuch), who are leading the climate initiative at Stripe, join Erik to discuss:
- Stripe’s climate change initiative and how it came to be.
- Why they are focusing on carbon removal.
- The technologies that they are looking at.
- What they’ve learned about negative emissions.
- Their requests for action in the space.
- How investors should be looking at these fields and the areas that would be most interesting to them.
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